Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw asked Prime Minister Theresa May to condemn US President Donald Trump after he said that he will recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital - while House of Commons Speaker John Bercow described him as the "member for Brexeter".

Amid laughter he added that Mr Bradshaw would be the last person who would want to live in such a place, were it to exist, with one MP joking that he would not get elected there either.

Mr Bradshaw raised the issue during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday following the controversial announcement the US President made.

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Mr Bradshaw, the Labour MP, asked: “The recognition by Donald Trump of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will do grave damage to the prospects of a long-lasting peace settlement between the Israeli’s and the Palestinians which has been British and indeed American foreign policy for decades. Was the PM consulted about it, and if so, what did she say, and will she here and now, unequivocally, condemn it?

Ben Bradshaw, former Culture Secretary

In response, Mrs May said: “I say that I am intended to speak to President Trump about this matter, but our position has not changed. Our position has been long-standing and is clear and that is the status of Jerusalem should be the status of a negotiation settlement between Israel and Palestine and Jerusalem should form a shared capital between the two states. We support the two state solution and our position on that has not changed.”